Builds 480 is available via the Project CARS launcher that is available on the WMD Downloads Page

Click Here for Release Notes for All Builds Released During the Past Week

Build 479 (23/5/13, SM)Audio:
* The GameAudioSettings now provide us with more volume headroom to allow a greater dynamic range.
* Implement Zonda R engine set with new dynamic amplitude, new _Ext gear shift and distance based filter (occulsion) and reverb and added more bass to lower RPM range and fattened up the thin sounding exterior high rpm samples.
* Remix ALL cars and every sonic event in the CSD files to suit new dynamic.
* Create new external gear shift sounds in a new category called Gt1, which requires further code support to get it working correctly.
* Added the Zonda R Ai engine and remixed the Ai engine volume globally.
* Further tweak of the thin sounding Zonda R exterior onhigh sample.AppSupport:
* Moved ‘fill loadout ‘ functions to GUI helper to share with loading screen
* Added ‘slotType’ to filter dataRender:
* Build Script changes to create separate ShadersDX9.bff and ShadersDX11.bff pakfiles. Game App now loads ShadersDX11.bff or ShadersDX9.bff dependent on the DirectX version. (saves around 70MB of memory! also improves boot-time)
* remove ATI_SHADOWS from shader compiler combinationsGUI:
* Small fixes for list item update
* Adds callback ability to list item ‘fill’ callsTracks:
* Bathurst -fixed texture seam -fixed exclusion map which had issues rendering grass in later part of the track -fixed collision issue at end of the track on right side of the track as reported on forum
* fixed grassocclusion at Bathurst
* rebranded adverts around track with temp textures at Northampton classic

Project CARS is coming to the PC, Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and Wii U in 2014. More info can be found on the WMD website.

myvracelog

indycars please or indy lights, sooner the better because they will take longer to get correct . Oval cars seem to be the impossible dream as only one group has ever done them good. Very difficult.

Big Ron

Indycars are planned to be in the game. Not sure when they are coming.

myvracelog

I watched Indycar’s 2 new top executives on speed channel last week. They are dying to expand exposure to new fans and very eager. Sms should strike before these guys get bogged down with offers. Indycar is very exciting to watch now more exciting then it has been in years. Indy lights do to get new car next year.

Anonymous

Indy would be way more popular in Europe than Nascar. I also think both would be popular in Australia

myvracelog

I agree 100%. Scary I agree with almost everything you say on here and on pcars. We should race sometime.

Anonymous

The problem with Racing series and car manufactures. They’ve been spoiled into thinking some thing they should provide for free, is a cash cow, wind fall. Spoiled by the big gaming developers out bidding each other for exclusive rights.

Anonymous

ISI seemed to have that deal allready. On consoles they probably go the solo indycar game route with EA I think.

myvracelog

the codemasters dev for F1 Andy Grey mentioned last year he was interested in possibly doing a indy title.
I could live with that. Something better then nothing. I would prefer them to do it instead of EA.

Anonymous

I said EA but ment Codemasters offcourse 😛

myvracelog

lol i thought that’s what you meant 🙂

Anonymous

ATM I do have to say that I am excited with the line of Indy cars proposed for rF2 going back to the Gasoline Alley style 1960 indy car. Id like to see the line of Indy cars go back further, Hmmm maybe DLC.

myvracelog

I am counting on it! 🙂

I have brochure printed and hanging on my wall lol.

Gonna pass on grid2, I know I will just feel annoyed with it.

At least there are 3 indy oval tracks (hopefully) slated for pcars.

(not) Richmond
(not) Dover
(not) Indy

I wish they did not waste time on bristol instead would have been way better off doing phoenix/ California / Pocono / Loudon New Hampshire or milwaukee mile (which would be easy to license). I was hoping for 6 oval racing to run real style league series. (assuming they get the physics drivable.)

Nope Steve I listed the correct tracks that indy cars AND nascar race on.
They don’t race on the other ones. You will never see a real indy car race at Daytona oval or Bristol. Maybe concord/ lowes but I doubt it.
I argued not to pick those tracks on the forums for that reason but logic.

Seems like there are about 4 nascar or indy fans on wmd forums lol. Birdman, ont, Dusty, Neil, and one or 2 others.

They are thinking as fans instead of thinking about how the series could work for league racing. Alos being able to advertise a full Indy Series 6 proper ovals and 6 road tracks would gain alot of attention tot he game from indy and North and South American open wheel race fans/gamers. (yes Brazilians love IndyCar)

http://www.facebook.com/steve.shears.37 Steve Shears

Ah i get you now. I think the idea is they’re just representing everything for the first game so they can include more cars and have a nice track variety. If its a success there’s no reason DLC couldn’t solve your problem. Same for the Historic F1 guys, GT fans, small cars, etc. They can’t win though – for example, they’ve got a better driving modern F1 car then codies ever had but won’t (i’d imagine) be able to get all the tracks. What they should really do is get a small breakaway group of modders to design the DLC circuits so they can concentrate on the next game. But they’d need paying. Thats the beauty of Rf2 really. They may not be even 90% accurate but it’ll be enough to at least fake some leagues.

myvracelog

not rambling .. good post. thanks for the conversation

CodeWrestler

Left turn…. so boring!!!

myvracelog

yes I agree i’t would be boring for those that don’t know how to race close, or have total car control. Best lessons I have had in patience and car control in any game has been on on ovals. I love both types.

Anonymous

Indy Series is not just Oval.

Anonymous

One group? You don’t like ISI or Sim factory?

myvracelog

Ya but it is all opinion based right? I cut my teeth on pole position on the 2600 and night driver lol. 🙂

I prefer when someone like simbin takes rfactor and polishes it up (big fan of race 07/gtr so on). I also liked EA F1 back in the day which also was gmotor ISI engine. But not ovals lol.

I don’t really want to bash ISI but it does not hold a candle to papy or iracing when comes to ovals. I ran and rented a rf1 server for almost a year running stock car revolution and all those tracks plus indy mods.

It is a headache to deal with lot of people then you get stuck trouble shooting peoples mismatch issues so on. Just not user friendly.
That’s not even mentioning indy cars frontwings disappearing into some of the tracks. eeeeekk. Plus most people could not even run the cars without using aids… even then they were bad. Sorry if sounds mean. Just it was my experience. Not that the iracing indycar experience was much better lol. IR indy car on road tracks is a great experience.

Most did not understand the draft or aero push. But IR’s indy tracks in a different universe compared to RF. I can only hope for a better ISI future… would be good for everyone for them to make a fantastic product.

Anonymous

Hmmm we found something we disagree on. iRacing really does not work for me(the road racing). I won’t go into details. I am fine with NR2K3 and like the modular system since NT 2004 was not very mod friendly. IMO ARCA sim is the best for me still waiting for patch X

Matt Orr

The biggest problem with oval racing in general is it requires good AI. So far only Geoff Crammond and Papy have made AI that isn’t crap and can actually handle close quarters racing reliably. The pCars AI shows promise, but isn’t there. We’ll see when it’s finished.

myvracelog

Quite a few Road Track games do AI decent. (I say decent because there is a lot room for improvement)

Race On/gtr2
LFS
ea f1 98 -2002
codemasters

Nice thing about pappy AI with a lot of work you can adjust them if your not afraid to mess with code. When I look at rfactors code I get completely confused so I don’t mess with those. Would like to learn though.

bduddy

LFS’s AI is pretty bad, especially on ovals. Race ON/GTR 2 is OK, but no rFactor-based game will ever have really good AI.

Anonymous

Not true NT 2004 had great AI. ARCA has good AI only complaint there is AI turning into pit road from the outside groove when they should be on the bottom, Some rF1 based stockcar mods have good AI as well.

Giovanni Scala

Fantastic R sounds! Very realistic!!!

Anonymous

Glad the audio team catching up quickly. I’m sure there are more works to be done, but at this point R sounds are more detailed than RRE. Thumbs up!

pCars have been using some sounds from Shift and finally they started catching up as you mentioned 😀

http://www.facebook.com/gulyopapa Gulyás Tamás

… boring builds … really … the basis is bad … maybe 1 year later …

hondaa

not flame, just true

http://www.facebook.com/gulyopapa Gulyás Tamás

ok… pretty good 🙂

http://twitter.com/TheRoggan Roger

On the other hand its one every week so they dont need to be amazing every time.

Im giving this a go once every few weeks and there is always some noticeable and sometime significant improvements!

In a years time for the release im sure it will be seriously good!

That Zonda R engine sounds is pretty darn good!

hondaa

dont act blind… Zonda is half good half weird and not real

Anonymous

I keep up to date and I do not see it as boring. Still wish we would get a Ginetta pretty soon.

Mazda Mps

Returned to pCars after a long break with it due to frustration and it’s actually starting to show some promise. The Lotus 49 feels good and believable. The Zonda R sounds good and handled ok. The BMW Z4 felt nice and put in a fair few laps. Hopefully SMS continue in the right direction.

Paul Todd

Wish I had the chance to of joined this before they locked it off.

Anonymous

Keep your eyes peeled something may happen in regards to new memberships in new phases.

Paul Todd

Let’s hope so, at the time of them closing it I had to move home a few times so joining up was not an option. It’s starting to look really good.

Anonymous

It’s fairly demanding of your PC graphics capabilities and needs a bit of system resource. You mentioned stuttering with rF2. At one point the stuttering in rF2 did not matter in regards to your graphics capabilities but I thought they had that ironed out?

Marco Hooghuis

If you have stuttering in rf2, get ready for some more stuttering in pCars, which is more demanding.

Paul Todd

But I can play games way beyond the needs of rfactor 2 yet It stutters

Marco Hooghuis

Obviously I can’t look into your computer, but mine has much more trouble running pCars than rFactor 2.
But do remember that both tiltles are nowhere near completion, so it might be more efficient later on.

Anonymous

I get around 80fps average in pCARS but well over 100 in rF2

Paul Todd

For sure, I’m not going to give up on rfactor2

Hugo Stiglitz

Yea I know. What were they thinking shutting it down. rF2 has the right idea keeping it open

Anonymous

It’s about a watering down of the investment pool and the fact that they simply didn’t need more money to complete it.

steve30x

No they had to shut down the membership legally

Anonymous

Prior to that, new memberships were closed anyway, because the project was fully funded. Then SMS opened for existing member’s upgrades by pulling out some of their own stake. Eventually the FSA came in, and SMS has agreed to not take on more members or selling more toolpacks, and they have put back their own stake.

In the end it doesn’t make any difference since we’re fully funded. WMD is very different from the rF2 open beta which is just a pre-purchase arrangement.

http://racingrenders.com/ F1Racer

But you did have a chance. How come you didn’t take it when the memberships were open ?

pez2k .

Maybe he didn’t have any spare cash, or simply didn’t learn about the game until too late. Not everybody was aware about it on day one!

edit: in fact he explains in a comment below.

http://racingrenders.com/ F1Racer

Maybe so. But there was more that one day 🙂

Paul Todd

I found out it was open but had to move home a few times, it was costly and having children we had to be cautious with how I spent money.

http://racingrenders.com/ F1Racer

Come on man, get your priorities right ! Sim racing first, then the family ! hehe 🙂

Well hopefully some opportunity will come in the future (as mentioned below) that allows more people to get involved. Keep an eye out for it.

Anonymous

It was again confirmed that funding for additional phases will more than likely be put into place soon. The details will be interesting to see when released even for me since I have plans to increase my stake in the project.

yorch sinclair

I still find the handling…uncomfortable and not as precise as i wish.

steve30x

Just because the handling isnt to your liking doesnt mean its not how the real car drives

yorch sinclair

I didn’t say that.

Anonymous

“Pagani Zonda R: Stiffer roll bars on Ben’s feedback”

Did Ben’s feedback reveal a mistake in translating the information they had, or do they not have data on the Zonda’s roll bars?

pez2k .

I believe that’s a default setup adjustment within the car’s range rather than changing the available range, if you know what I mean.

What a load of tosh. While it was off topic, Birddog is about as far away from a troll as you can come.
(I’ll refrain from transferring your attribution to a more fitting subject here… ;-))

Anonymous

You would go into someone’s living room and kick their dog and your calling me a troll.

Anonymous

To me, the biggest problem is not the physics themselves, but rather how to car translates what its doing to the driver. In other words, the force feedback is still lacking. I know there are custom profiles and all that, but no matter what I try, I still can’t tell when the back end is coming around. There is nothing that lets me know when I put the power down to fast and break the rear grip (like rF1 or iRacing through FFB for example), and nothing that tells me that the front is pushing. I have to do it all bye eye.

Thats the worst part, because it has a pretty solid base (and killer graphics). Hopefully they fix the FFB, because if that gets better, then this game may be good in the end.

Anonymous

I was mentioning something to this effect in the forum with example in AC you can actually feel tire chatter from the front end pushing but agree it’s small subtle things that will add the polish as time goes on because the biggest part of the FFB core is really good and only could use some additions to enhance the feeling behind the wheel.

Anonymous

I don’t feel losing grip @ the back in iRacing or rF2 at all. I hear it and see it, but how do you feel it there ? In FVA i felt it very strongly though.
That said, if you try the Formula B car in pCars with default, A and C tyres you’ll feel way more from the front tyres ( they got the more advanced but not quite properly set Tyre Model stuff switched on no other cars have yet )

Anonymous

I IMO feel that while subtle in comparison to like Race 07 the backend breaking loose is both felt and natural reaction correctable like would be expected. IMO and is one of the newer cars the FFB on the Formula Gulf is quite good indeed as well as many others

Racing jason

interesting you mentioning exactly my main concern about this game…
huge potential but the FFB gives you back very little information.
on default the FFB strength is WAY to low…i turned it up to 200%
for my fanatec GT3 wheel. asseto corsa just prooved in its techdemo
what PERFECT FFB control should be like…you literally feel every single
pound of weight when cornering…